The Straits Budget, 27 January 1965

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    • 182 2  -  SAFETY FIRST Singapore <r .'lf- v .'S V 1 >ST* THE spate of essential works being carried 1 out in Singapore is appreciated. But the manner in which the contractors are carrying out the upheaval of our roads and pavements leaves much to
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    • 43 2  -  IMPATIENT Slncapore DOES the P.W.D. realise that Jalan Tempau has been surfaced—ever? We realise it every time we drive out of Jalan Unggas into Jalan Tempau. Is there any possibility of Jalan Unggas getting an exit to the main road?
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    • 103 2  -  PUZZLED < Kluang IN the midst of confrontation and China backing the Indonesians. ian*$-'V. it peculiar to find our shops filling up with produce from Peking? In every local shop now there Is a complete range of China products ranging from food and toys to
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    • 44 2  -  INDIGNANT Singapore IT is time that cinema 1 managers did something about smoking in cinemas. The smoke not only obscures the screen but also pollutes the air around. Seldom do I enjoy a moment of peace or relaxation while viewing a film.
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    • 166 2  -  OBSERVER Singapore AS I see it school promotions can either be done by grouping pupils of about the same intelligence or by grouping pupils with varying levels of Intelligence. The former has the merit that teachers will be able to teach their classes at
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    • 41 2  -  EX-SOLDIER Pasir Puteh rERE is still no public telephone booth at Kampong Buklt Abal In Paslr Puteh. The nearest place from where a phone call can be made Is the police station at Kampong Selislng which is miles away.
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    • 280 2  -  ISMAIL bln MAT Bachok R. CHELLIAH Singapore DEAFENED Singapore STUDENT Teluk Anson JAFFAR bin DAUD Kuala Lumpur WE have two public TT telephone booths in BachoK, one in Bachok market, the other in Prepok market. But no matter how long one
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    • 138 2  -  K KB Penang WHEN the postal autho- VT rltles claim special fees for special sendees, we certainty expect special services. One does not pay extra charges and be satisfied with third-class service/,'.. On Dec. 29 our branch office In Kuala Lumpur posted some cheques to us
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    • 118 2  -  PUZZLED Singapore ITIE purpose of white line down the middle of a street Is to prevent parking. Motorists are aware of this. Recently at Koek Lane 1 found a gap between two hawkers’ stalls. As these stalls are there day and night I naturally took it that “obstruction”
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    • 60 2  -  S.M.S. Alor Star Recently i went to the Alor Star post office to renew my dog’s licence and to my disappointment I was asked to go to the Veterinary Department. What beats me is that there is a signboard at one of the counters which says Lisen Anjin.
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    • 265 2  -  LEE BENG GUAN Department of Social Welfare Singapore j THE campaign In Singa v pore against beggars is directed against the professionals. The case against these professional beggars, who are in most cases quit well-off, and are merely taking unfair advantage of public charity,
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    • 205 2  -  M LI Petallng Jaya WISH to complain about the sort of public phone service In Petaling Jaya. Not having a phone of mv own, I have on occasion to rely on the public phone to make outstation calls It has been my bitter experience to
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  • The Straits Budget
    • 681 3 —Straits Times, January 18 Soekamo’s refusal to arm the workers and peasants is a suggestive background for today’s meeting of his Supreme Advisory Council. Why Soekarno has called this meeting, and what advice he is seeking, are questions of obvious importance, yet there is not a trustworthy
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    • 638 3 —Straits Times, January 19 The considerable developments in the nineteen months since the consultative committee of the Warsaw Pact powers last met are a sufficient explanation of today’s gathering of the heads of Europe’s communist governments. All aspects of communist strategy are likely to be discussed. It
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    • 210 3 —Straits Times, January 19 From free lunches to free hot lunches for rural schoolchildren is a big step, and it is to be hoped the Central Wcllfare Council can make it successfully- There is no doubt that thousands of students could benefit, both physically and scholastically, from extra
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    • 684 3 —Straits Times. January 20 Housewives will be surprised to hear from the United Chambers of Commerce how wrong they are about shop prices. But if the Chambers’ enquiries into retail prices, and their assurance that they will co-operate with the Government in preventing profiteering, do restrain retail
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    • 660 3 —Straits Times. January 21 Warnings which the Tengku gave to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers of the close attachment between Jakarta and Peking were lightly regarded. Increasingly his interpretation of the South-East Asian scene has been supported by unmistakable events, and the departure for Peking of Dr. Subandrio
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    • 669 4 —Straits Times, January 22 Back from Malaysia, Britain’s Army Minister has exploded a small bomb. Reports of the massing of Indonesian troops for an attack across the Borneo border are “a gross exaggeration”, he told reporters at London airport The border Indonesians have been reinforced, but only
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    • 676 4 —Straits Times, January 23 Everybody except Mr. Mulley is busy explaining Mr. Mulley. It would be better If he did this himself. Reports of the massing of Indonesian troops on the Sarawak border were “a gross exaggeration”, he said, nor was he convinced that the Indonesians really
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    • 396 4 i—Straits Times, January 23 The first thing to be said about Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker’s defeat in a British by-election is that it does not mean Labour would lose a general election if one were ordered now. This could happen but various factors reduce the weight of the
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  • 268 5 THE BASIC CONDITION REMAINS: AGGRESSION MUST STOP KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. MALAYSIA'S condition for settlement of its dispute with' Indonesia remains unchanged Indonesia must cease all acts of hostility or aggression against this country. The spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs, Inche Ahmad Nordin, said this
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  • 95 5 SINGAPORE. Jan. 18.— 'The Singapore Teachers Union will hold a delegates' conference at the Monk's Hill Secondary School hall on Jan. 23 at 3 p.m. to approve a memorandum on a proPosed new salary structure to be submitto the Salaries Commismission. Unl s
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  • 188 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. 'J’HE Director of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Perfecto Manalac, said here today that there was every possibility of an Asian Common Market being formed. Mr. Manalac arrived today to Invite Malaysia to the
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  • 121 5 SINGAPORE, Janw 18.— The Minister for Culture, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, last night spoke of Malaysia’s er<emies—the communalists and chauvinists within the country who wanted Malaysians to be just like one community. He said: “Those of us who want to be Malaysians regardless of race
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  • 101 5 MISS THAILAND, 17-year-1 old Apasra Hongskul, who Is seeking temporary refuge in her old school, the Penang Convent, before returning to Bangkok. Since winning the beauty title at the Thai Constitutional Fair last month, she has had numerous admirers. She made a special trip
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  • 100 5 L—AI. JESSELTON, Jan. 19. Trade union officials here are planning to form a pan-Sabah Trade Union Congress to unite all government labour unions in the state. The first step in this direction was taken on Jan. 16 when four departmental unions met
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  • 42 5 SINGAPORE. Jan. 10. The secretary-general of the 8ing pore National Trades Union Confess, Mr. C. V. Dewan Nair. will n turn on Jan. 22 after attending the Indian National Trades t hlon Congress annual conference in Hyderabad, India. i
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  • 253 5 pENANG, Jan. 19. A x woman, almost blinded by acid burns, walked unsteadily to the dock in the Sessions Court here today. She stared at the man in the dock and said: “Yes, that’s him.” “HIM” is her brother-in-law, M. Suppiah,
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  • 84 5 Kuala lumpur, Jan. is The Central Welfare Council will present thousands of Chinese New Year and Harl Raya Puasa gift parcels to Malaysian troops serving In the 3orneo states this week. The council’s president, Mr. Slow Loong Hin, said that this would help to
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  • 66 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 10-A man with two previous convictions I pleaded for leniency in the magis- trate’s court here today on the t grounds that he had 10 children and had also to support his aged blind mother. t Ng Karri, 44, was found guilty
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  • 170 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17. The recently formed Co-operative Housing Society here has urged the Singapore Government to sell 303 units of Housing Board flats worth $2,000,000 at Geylang Serai to the society for sale to its Malay men bers. This was disclosed by
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  • 134 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—Mr. K. M. Byrne has been re-appointed chairman of the Tourist Promotion Board for a further period of one year from Jan. 1, 1955. Other board members, vhose terms have also been extended for another year, are Mr. Lim Joo
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  • 307 6 CALL FOR WAR ON PROFITEERS PENANG, Jan. 17. A CONSUMERS' Association the first in Malaysia was launched at a public meeting here last night. "Its main object is to protect the people against unscrupulous profiteers," Mr. Koh Sin Hock, who was elected chairman
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  • 152 6 IJF.NANG, Jan. 18.—A station wagon equipped with the latest medical facilities will be aboard the pilgrim ship Kuala Lumpur when It sails for Jeddah on Feb 7 with more than 1.500 pilgrims for Mecca. The station wagon, which has an alr-conditloned store for keeping
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  • 171 6 Soekarno’s ‘blows to Islam —and the men behind it...’ SINGAPORE, January 17. INDONESIAN confrontation and aggression were a threat not only to Islam, Malaysia’s official religion, but also to the democratic type of government which was in accord with the teachings of Islam. This was stated last night by Inche
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  • 127 6 Kuala lumpur, jan. 17. The Arts Council Is organising a nation-wide National open competition for art and crafts, with prize money of $7,000 to be won. The art section of the competition has five sections; oils; batek; water colours, including gouache, tempera, plaka
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  • 154 6 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—An O American traveller now in Singapore Is faced with his first big problem since he started on the round-the-world motor-cycle trip from Florida three years ago. David Whinton, 48. arrived in Malaysia from India recently to book a sea
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  • 52 6 PARIT BUNTAR, Jan. 17-The Minister of Welfare Services. Haii Abdul Hamid Khan, who is ill, has postponed his visit to Selinsing on Tuesday to hand over cash aid to 181 padi planters. The planters suffered severe losses to their crops recently because of the red
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  • 39 6 TELUK ANSON, Jan. 17—Inche Alias bin Haji Abdul Raham. 28 a journalist and secretary of the Teluk Anson Umno division, has been appointed by the Perak State Government, as a mvninated member of the town council here.
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  • 255 6 pENANG, Jan. 17. 1 More than 100 stallholders in the former Chowrasta market today guaranteed the safety of the Mayor. Mr. C. Y. Choy, and other city councillors if they accepted their invitation to visit the new $1,250,000 market 'built on the same
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  • 67 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17Three members of the United Chambers of Commerce here left for West Germany today on a three-month study tour of the country at the invitation of the West German Government. They are Syed Omar AlsagofT of the Associated Malay Chamber. Mr. J.
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  • 52 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17—'The Kaum Ibu section of the Umno will present 4,200 packages of Hari Raya cakes to be distributed among members of the armed forces serving in Sabah and Sarawak. The presentation ceremony will be held at the Rural Industrial Development Authority centre here on
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  • 450 7  -  WOODHULL IS ONE OF THE OFFICIALS *Our duty to ensure we don’t lose by default From T. WIGNESAN: London, January 18 The London Union of Malaysian Students has formed a Solidarity Committee to present Malaysia's case accurately to other foreign students and
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  • 94 7 ijKN.YNG. Jan. 18.—Police in r Perak and other States have been alerted to look for three teenagtd girls reported kidnapped from a Kuala Lumpur remand home. A fourth girl who escaped from a house In Lorong Seratus Tahun, here, has reported to Penang police that
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  • 29 7 PENANO. Jan. 18—The Cactus Society here will hold its annual show at the Chin Kung Hoay Kuan at Macalister Road on Feo. 4, 8. and 6.
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  • 74 7 PENANQ, Jan. 18—The Cactus 38. a fisherman was fined 870, or 17 days' jail. In the Sessions Court here yesterday for fishing without a permit in a curfew area off Tanjong here on Jan. 15 and with not having any light on his boat. He was allowed
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  • 201 7 IPOH, Jan. 18. 'J’HE talks between the All-Malayan Mining Industry Staff Union and the Malayan Mining Employers' Association, which had been going smoothly for three months, ran into a snag today at its sixth session. For the first time, the talks recessed
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  • 129 7 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18. A three-day exhibition of Chinese brush paintings by a Singapore housewife arty. wil l be held at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce from Jan. 22 to 24. Mr Sh A i8 Mada Jeanie Uu, wife of children 0 nd a mother
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  • 28 7 h 1 i'ii J A SON Jan 18. Inche a hab bin Haji Abdul Wa- nor technical assistant of °uimunications Depart•e. has gone on transfer "Ping
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  • 190 7 Kota bharu, Jan. 18. —The Menjtri Besar of Kelantan, Inche Mohamed Asri bin Haji Muda, has warned that the Communists along the Thai border might exploit the present Emergency to stage a comeback. He told vigilante corps members at the Ayer Lanas land development
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  • 268 7 DENANG, Jan. 18.—An 1 Australian doctor and his wife have offered a home for two 15-month-old hole-in-the-h e a r t twin girls, Mary Therese and Mary Celine, now staying in the Penang Convent in Light Street. “This is Indeed very kind of
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  • 54 7 MUAK, Jan. 17—The Muar Social Welfare Committee has set aside $70,000 for about 3,000 needy schoolchildren here. This is $8,000 more than last year, the chairman of the committee, Inche Mohamed Said bin Mohamed Tahir, said today. The money will be spent on books, transportation
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  • 246 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. 'JMIE Malaysian Government has welcomed the proposal of a Philippine business leader, Mr. Perfecto, Manalac, to form an Asian Common Market. Mr. Manalac, who is director of the Philippines Chamber of Commerce, arrived here on Jan. 19 to invite
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  • 121 8 'TAWAU, Jan. 21. A A spokesman for the civil defence organisation in Tawau said today that 50 volunteers were needed for training as auxiliary firefighters. Basic training in signals, welfare work, first aid and rescue work will be given, he added. After completion of
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  • 140 8 JOHORE BAHRU, Jan. 21.—A threemo n t h State-wide anti-rabies vaccination campaign is to be launched in Johore beginning on Feb. 15. A Johore Government statement today said that all dogs over three months old should have anti-rabies vaccination. The Veterinary Department will carry
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  • 54 8 Jan 21 —A Tae Kwon rx) Club (the Korean art of selfdefence) the first in Penang—was formed at a meeting held here yesterday. J Or. Cheah Cheng Poh was elected, president, with Mr. Khoo neong Hun as vice-president, Mr. I)lng Nam Seng secretary and Mr.
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  • 142 8 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 21.—Communist China is the No. I enemy of Malaysia and India, formation and Broadcasting, Inche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, said here yesterday. “Our countries have gineered and abetted by Peking,” he added. Inche Senu was speaking to reporters before leaving
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  • 96 8 SINGAPORE. "an. 21—Two cancer specialists of international repute from Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, New York State, are due to arrive here on Saturday. They are Drs. John and Ruth Graham. Dr. Graham Is a specialist in cancer surgery and his wife has done much original
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  • 68 8 Jan. 21. Burglars stole $B3O worth of liquor from the Naafl bar in Jalan Gajah ycsterThe manager, Mr. Luah Ewe Kar told police when he visited the bar at about 8.15 a.m. various brands of liquor were missing The thieves, it is believed, enured the
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  • 116 8 SEREMBAN, Jan. 21.—Mr. Chin See Yin, an independent member and former MP, 49, resigned today from the Seremban Town Council: “I am resigning on medical grounds as I wish to take a rest he said. A founder member of the MCA here. Mr.
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  • 385 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. JJOUSEWIVES today called on the Government to publish periodically a list of the fair retail prices of essential goods. A number of housewives interviewed gave this typical comment: “If a list is available, we will know what we are
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  • 313 9 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 20. —A Japanese woman journalist who left Tokyo eight months ago on a South-East Asian tour to gather material for her first book is now here She is 24-year-old Miss Yoshitoshi Oki (“free and graceful’’), who is
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  • 39 9 MACHANQ. Jan. 20-Mr. M. Rafik Knan has been appointed the principal of Hamzah Secondary School here in place of Mr. Abdul Aziz !u hai i who has been transferred to tne Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star
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  • 183 9 Kuala lumfur j an 20— Tengku Abdul Rahman said today that If the Labour Party of Malaya "foes too far” In its antiMalaysia campaign, “we will attend to them.*’ The Tengku said it was clear now that the party was working more
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  • 122 9 A LOR STAR, Jan. 20-A man, wh obroke into a g,rl 's bedroom and tried to m °lest her, fled through a window when she shouted ‘Or helo. Miah binte Ariff. 21. of Kampong Bukit Kakl in rerlls. reported to the police she was
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  • 226 9 Kuala lumpur. Jan. 20. Picking up guests on arrival at the airport is not the usual practice of hotels here. The only hotel which regularly picks up guests is the Federal. The Merlin does it at certain times of the day.
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  • 216 9 1/UALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19.—There is a shortage of Malay language teachers in general science, mathematics, industrial arts, crafts, commercial studies and physical education. However, the Ministry of Education has not yet determined the extent of the shortage. said a Ministry spokesman. The Ministry has called
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  • 190 9 Car theft drama as lights turn red SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. PUBLIC spiritedness and traffic lights which turned red at the right moment—were responsible for the arrest of two men in a stolen car at the Lavercler street and Jalan Besar Road junctions here today. The two were dragged out of
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  • 99 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20—With effect from today the importation of mosquito coils and wire nails from any country, including the Malaysian territories, must be covered by licences approved by the Department of Imports and Exports Control. An official announcement said that goods made in Malaysia or of
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  • 26 9 IPOH, Jan 20 Three power drills, valued at $3 250. were stolen from a store at an Iron ore mine in Ounong Rapat here
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  • 288 9 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19.— Cinema magnates Mr. Runme Shaw and Mr. Run Run Shaw will distribute through the Shaw Foundation Chinese New Year gifts to 6,000 old people in Singapore and Malaya. The distribution of Chinese New Year gift parcels to the
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  • 58 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20 Awang bin Lab. 40- was today fined $l5 in the Magistrate's Court here for slaDDing a clerk. Razak bin Abu Kassim. after calling him a "stupid cow." The incident took place at a meeting in Kampong Melayu, Bungei Buloh, to inaugurate
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  • 49 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20—Mr J. C. Burkill, Professor of Mathematics. at Cambridge University, London, arrived here today to conduct the University of Malaya examinations. He was met at the airport by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty of Science, Professor C. J. Ellezer.
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  • 310 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18. THE growing interest in personnel management training by both employer and trade union organisations was a good augury for the future, the Director of the National Productivity Centre, Mr. S. A. Abishegam, said today. “Sometimes, we in Malaysia,
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  • 29 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17—The College of Agriculture Students’ Union will hold Its annual giadua- on dinner at the Mandarin Room Lere on Jan. 28 at 830 pm.
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  • 23 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 17—As iS-memher Japanese youth goodwill mission will arrive here on Jan. 31 for a one-week tour at Malaysia.
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  • 128 10 SINGAPORE. Jan. 17.—Mr. Lee in a Thaipusam message to Hindus, said. “Each of ths cultural groups in Malaysia has a special contribution to make to the life and culture of our new nation. “So long as we are tolerant of each other, respect each other's
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  • 47 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 18.—A canteen proprietor, Mr. Tan Thoo Giap, 39, was knocked unconscious and robbed of $5OO at 4th mile Klang Road tonight by four men. The victim was later picked up by a police car and sent to the General Hospital.
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  • 147 10 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 18. Flying Officer N K. Doong, 22, today became the first Royal Malaysian Air Force officer to ferry a plane from London to Kuala Lumpur.' He co-piloted the plane, a Handley Page Herald, with Squadron Leader D. R. Bryan. He
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  • 42 10 SINGAPORE, Jan, 17 —Poice yesterday rounded up 14 suspect gangsters in their dally anti-crime checks—detaining seven under the Societies Ordinance and the rest under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance A total of 4,192 people were screened.
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  • 374 10 <uala Lumpur, Jan. 18 THE Ministry of Local Government and Housing today described as ‘‘horse talk” the allegation by the People's Action Party branch here that the Civil Defence Corps is being inefficiently run. “In fact we are about to start specialised
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  • 375 10 A great need to increase Malaysia’s agriculture brainpower— Khir KUALA LUMPUR, January 18 rpHE Minister of AgriA culture and Cooperatives, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today there \vas a great need to increase the agriculture brainpower of the country. This was necessary to keep up with the tremendous volume of
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  • 291 11 KUALA LUMPUR, January 18 THOUSANDS of Hindu devotees, celebrating Thaipusam, flocked to Batu Caves today to pay their annual homage to Lord Subramaniam. The rush was so great that the roads leading to the place were
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  • 147 11 PENANG, Jan. 17—The City PletpH oUl yesterday comlaSSL totc rviewing 1,000 to fiii rer K Y ho had applied causirt 80 vacancies dally d ratPrt tf i e re sl natl °n of lntr tr> ra i ed em Ployees Provid P n? aw
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  • 45 11 KUALA TRENGGANU, Jan. 18. —lnche Mohamed Isa bin Ha.H Yunus of Malacca Sessions Court has taken over the post of Registrar in the Sessions Court here. He replaced Inche Mohamed Ya’acob bin Mohamed Nasir who is now Registrar of Kota Bharu Sessions Court.
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  • 70 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17—Mr. H. A. W. Foley was elected present ui the Singapore Cine Club at its recent annual meeting, i j'hors elected; Mr. W.E. Neely, vice-president, Mr. Morgan Kboo Kay Ann, hon. secretary; Mr. A. Brown, treasurer, and committee members: Mrs. Gracia Chee, Mr D
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  • 114 11 AIR RAID SIRENS PASS WITH WAILING’ HONOURS Kuala lumpur, Jan. is.— The Civil Defence today carried out a successful test on the eight sirens which have been installed in various parts of the capital and in Petaling Jaya. Each siren was tested for 30 minutes, and at 3.30 pm. all
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  • 101 11 PENANG, Jan. 17. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has donated $l5O towards the Penang Muslim Orphanage Hari Raya appeal fund. ‘‘YVe are very grateful to the King for his generous contribution,” Syed Abbas Alhabshee, chairman of the orphanage committee, said today. He hoped others
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  • 53 11 SINGAPORE, Jan. 18 The Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will be guest speaker at a dinner on the first day of a three-day symposium on scientific and technological research In Malaysia, organised by the Polytechnic and the University of Singapore on Peb.
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  • 146 11 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 17. —Umno plans to increase its membership in order to make Umno members form 40 per cent of the electorate by 1969, Its secretary-general, Dato Syed Ja’afar Albar, said today. In a letter published in the Umno
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  • 225 12 KOTA BHARU, Jan. 19. MORE than 100 people were made homeless 1 when fire destroyed a row of 11 shophouses at Machang, 27 miles from here, last night. Damage is estimated at $«5U,000. The building.-, affected included tour rubber dealers’ shops, a pawn-shop, a
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  • 107 12 A LOR STAR, Jan. 19—The Kedah branch of the Union of Post Office Workers at an emergency meeting this afternoon "deplored” the delay In Implementing the arbitration tribunal award on salaries and allowances for postal clerks. The meeting, presided over by me branch chairman, Inche
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  • 34 12 TELUK ANSON, Jan. 18—Dr K Kumareah Waran from Ipoh 'Jf dutle* her« a* Medtof Health, Lower Perak lhu P w>w» h M ftaravanamutnu. who has been transferred to the ipoh Oeneral Hospital.
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  • 102 12 BATU PAHAT, Jan. IS—An odd-job worker, Sail kin bln Mansor, S 3, was sentenced to six months' jail in the magistrate's court here today for outraging the modesty of a 17-year-old schoolgirl at Parit Tenrah. The girl told the court that at about 8.31 p.m.
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  • 152 12 Call to remove Colonial relics’ PENANO, Jan. 19.—The Sungei G 1 u g o r branch of the Penang Umno youth section last night decided to ask the State Government to remove two pre-war statues which it descri b e d as “colonial relics.” The statues are of Capt. Francis
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  • 44 12 KANOAR, Jan. IS —The final of the first Koran reading and Interpretation contest organised by the State Religious and Malay Customs Department will be held on Jan. 30. This will be an additional competition to that organised by the Central Government.
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  • 170 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19. 'J’HE Federation Broadcasting Staff Union is to ban overtime from Feb. 2 because of the lack of response’’ over the overtime issue on the part of the broadcasting authorities. In a statement issued today, the union’s secretary, Inche Shamsuddin bin Shahabudin, said
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  • 134 12 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 19— An Australian couple are "disgusted” with the service provided bv one of the leading hotels here Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Erdi arrived at the airport and found that the hotel at which they had made reservations had not
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  • 276 12 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. Helicopter pilot, Lieut. Malcolm Kennard, 27, who is with 845 Royal Naval Air Commando Squadron in Sarawak, has been awarded a commendation for brave conduct by Queen Elizabeth. Lieut. Kennard has been given the award for making a hazardous night
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  • 394 12 —by a PPP State Assemblyman IPOH, Jan. 19.—A PPp x State Assemblyman and Ipoh municipal councillor, Mr. Chan Swee Ho, today made public his proposals to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, on how to increase revenue WITHOUT the crown corks, payroll
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  • 300 13  - Police guard blinded man Day and night protection at his request —the fears he may be silenced BY MICHAEL FOONG IPOH, Jan. 21. —Lee Swee Chong, 31, the tin mine kepala blinded by two robbers on Saturday, is now being guarded day and night by the police in the General
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  • 77 13 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21. The Government proposes to reclaim 41 acres of the fc reshore and seabed at South Quay. it will build a \\narf deck on steel piles in that portion of the seabed at East Lagoon. The Minister for Law. Mr. E. nf arker is
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  • 85 13 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 21. —Malaya needs 225 doctors this year and the Ministry of Health hopes to recruit 55 of them locally and the rest from abroad. The Minister of Health. Inche Bahaman bin Samsuddin. said today a team would be sent to
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  • 28 13 IPOH. Jan. 21. A schoolgirl. Hooi Teck Cheng. 10. died in the General Hospital after falling off a fruit tree in Pasir Pinjl new village here
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  • 146 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. More than $2 million has been collected for the National Defence Fund, J Kovcrnment spokesman s ‘id here today. totalling $6,013.43 JV‘ rc «received today. Of ,s $2,600 was donated by ~.e of the Prime Department and \t 11
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  • 83 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 21. —The Australian Defence Minister, Senator Shane Paltridge, today had a one-hour discussion with the Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, on the Malaysia-Indonesia situation. The meeting—at the Residency—was also attended by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak the Permanent Secretary
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  • 262 13 PENANG, Jan. 21 A CLAIM by a tourist agency manager, Mr. Seng Thean Huat, against Moti Printing Works for special damages of $611 which he said had been incurred when his car was damaged by tiles falling off the roof of the
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  • 167 13 lESSELTON, Jan. 21. Mr. Francis Chia, vice-president of the Sabah Chinese Association, said here yesterday that his association had every right to demand the postponement of the forthcoming elections. He was answering Mr. Peter Chin, leader of the Social Democratic Party, who had
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  • 31 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Jan. 21. The Customs and Excise Department here will be closed for four days during the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa holidays from Pcb. 2.
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  • 774 14  -  COMPLAINTS CAN BE SENT TO P.O. BOX 8000 AND IDENTITY WILL NOT BE DIVULGED 6y T. G.NG: Kuala Lumpur, January 18 THE Minister of Commerce ond Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, is to invoke the Control of Supplies Act, 1961, to
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  • 216 14 YfIUAR, Jan. 18. —More 11 than 8,000 residents in at least five outlying kampongs here asked the District Oilicer to supply them with water because of a dry spell which has dried up wHls, pools and shallow drains. nu people In the kam''•nus. especially in Sabak
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  • 71 15 |jNE of the two new petrol boats for the Royal Malaysian Navy which arrived in Penang on Friday night after a 9,000-mile voyage from Britain. The two vessels, the Sri Negri Sentbilan under the command of Lt. Kuttan Chitara|en and the Sri Melakj
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  • 198 15 If U ALA LUMPUR, Jan. .17. The People’s Action Party branch here has charged that the Civil Defence Service is inefficiently run, and has urged the Government to look into the matter. p A X n a P re ss statement, the vi-S
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  • 260 15 PENANG, Jan. 17. Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee, today stressed the need for understanding and appreciation of problems facing both employers and employees to maintain industrial peace. “Unless this atmosphere Is present, a satisfactory state of industrial peace and prosperity cannot
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  • 98 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—The 0 Registrar's Office of Nanyang University today announced the names of part of the successful candidates who sat for the graduation examinations last month. Results of candidates from the Departments of Modern Languages, History, Mathematics and Chemistry will be announced later
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  • 175 15 QINGAPORE, Jan. 17.—The Bishop of Penang, Monsignor Francis Chan, returned to his parish church here today to celebrate Mass on the occasion of his sacerdotal silver jubilee. A large congregation, including the Archbishop of Singapore and Malacca, Monsignor M. Olcomendy, and
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  • 171 15 IZ’UALA LUMPUR, Jan. 17. —Malaysia needs 800 scientists to give the country’s agricultural economy a new boost, the Director of Agriculture, Inche Mohamed bin Jamil, said here today. “With qualified scientists we can solve many of our problems and help increase the output
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  • 100 15 Jan. 17—A robber mT fired a warning shot Into tha ground with his revolver this afternoon to convince the pro* prie tress of a shop in Beach Street that his weapon was not a toy gun. Convinced that the weapon was not
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  • 25 15 SINGAPORE, Jan. 17—Mr. Tan Ah Chua has been appointed a member of the Public Utilities Board in place of Mrs. Robert Eu.
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  • 208 15 JESELTON, Jan. 17 THE Federal Minister for Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, is to visit Sabah early next month to look into the possibilities of checking the soaring prices of consumer goods. The State Finance Minister. Inche Harris bin
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  • 270 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19. THE chairman cf the Economic Development 1 Board, Mr. Hon Sui Sen, said today that a preliminary agreement had been reached with a Japanese steel mission now in Singapore on the method for the setting up of
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  • 104 16 KUANTAN, Jan. 19. A police constable, Hassan bin Sidek, was slashed on both legs when he tried to disarm an amok at Balok, 10 miles from here last night. A police party of six went to Bakok following a report that a man
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  • 178 16 l/UALA LUMPUR, Jan. 20. Sabah's Yang di-Pertua Negara, Tun Mustapha bin Datu Harun, today called on the Yang diPertuan Agong and later had talks with officials of the Ministry of External Affairs. He arrived here on January 19, for what he described
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  • 69 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20. The British Army Commander in the Par East. Lt. General Sir Alan Jolly, has sent a farewell message to the commanding officer and soldiers of the Ist. Bn., the Green Jackets, who are leaving Penang for Germany this week-end. The Battalion, who have
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  • 204 16 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 20. —Police from Malaya on active duty in Sabah and Sarawak and in jungle forts will each get two surprise packages from home during the Hari Raya and Chinese New Year celebrations. ONE PARCEL will contain cakes prepared by members of
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  • 400 16 Kuala lumpur, Jan. 20. The threat by the 700-strong Federation Broadcasting Staff Union* to refuse to do overtime from Feb. 2 will bring the Outside Broadcasts Unit in every station throughout the country to a standstill. The technical and broadcasting staff will
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  • 246 16 SINGAPORE, Jan. 20 ORITAIN is determined to fulfil her part of the bargain in her defence agreement with Malaysia, the Permanent Secretary to the Malaysian Ministry of External Affairs, Dato Muhammad Ghazali bin Shafle, said here tonight. “They have given the
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  • 46 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 20—A labourer. Raju Perumal, 40 of Petaling Jaya was today fined $lOO in the magistrate’s court when he was S found guilty of theft of a water >Uer worth $5O from the Assunta ospital on Oct. 20 last year. T 's
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  • 70 16 INCHE Mohamed Khan bin Momin Khan, (above), Assistant Game Warden, Perak, has been awarded a Fulbright Foundation scholarship for a year’s intensive wild life management course in the United States. He is the first Game Department officer to be sent abroad for training. The
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  • 82 16 IPOH, Jan 19. Asst Supt. Lim Teong Kooi, deputy 0.C., C.1.D., Pahang, has taken over as offlcer-ln-charge of the lower courts here from Asst. Supt. Ibrahim bin Abu Bakar. Inche Ibrahim has been transferred to the Traffic Office here as offlcer-in-charge, succeeding Asst. Sjpt. Haji
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  • 40 16 KLANO, Jan. 20 Mr. 8 P Sarathy was elected president of the Klang North M.I.C. here yesterday. Other officials: vice-presid-ent Mr. A. Letchumanan; secretary Mr. V. Sundaram; assistant secretary Mr. K. P. Oovindaraj and treasurer Madam K. Sellammal.
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  • 211 17 FOUND: TWO MYSTERIOUS CYLINDERS ON ISLAND KUCHING, Jan. 19. TWO huge coloured plastic cylinders, believed to be signal flares used by Indonesian agents, were discovered yesterday morning by a group of children on the beach of Marsen Island. Marsen lies between the mouth o£ Sungel
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  • 33 17 JESSELTON, Jan. 19 The Rural industrial Development Authority js to set up a branch office In fcabah soon, the Rida chairman, pato Rahman bln Musa, said on his arrival here today.
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  • 69 17 TELUK ANSON, Jan. 18.—A schoolboy, Saroni bin Mohamed Dani, 15, died three hours after he was bitten by a cobra near his home at Parit Lima in the Rungkup area of Lower Perak over the week-end. He was bitten on the left forefinger whUe fishing in a
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  • 31 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19—The Philippine Consulate here will move to its new offices at 82. Jalan Weld on Peb. 1. The telephone numbers ***** and ***** remain the same.
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  • 228 17 TAIPING, Jan. 18.— A young housewife, Ong Ah Teh, said that she did not bear any animosity against a neighbour who had shot her in the abdomen with a pistol. Madam Ong added in the Sessions Court here on Jan. 16 that her injury
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  • 250 17 SINGAPORE. Jan. 19. BIG search is now going on for a Johore planter, Mr. R. F. Rutherford, who has been missing for 10 days. He was last seen in his motor-boat heading down the Johore River for Singapore on Jan. 9. Mr. Rutherford,
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  • 63 17 SINGAPORE, Jan. 19 The Minis ter for Social Affairs. Inche Othman Wok. will tomorrow hand over cash and food to Che Saonah binte Hassan, whose husband left her eight years ago when she became paralysed from her waist down. The presentation will be made
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  • 102 17 IfUALA KUBU BHARU, Jan. 19. A former Selangor State Assemblyman, Haji Noh bln Haji Yusoff, and the chairman of the Kerling MIC, K. Subramanlam, were charged in the magistrate’s court here today with criminal breach of trust involving $B,OOO. Haji Noh, 38, w.as accused of misappropriating
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  • 124 17 TESSELTON, Jan. 19. W Sabah’s first detention camp will be ready in a few months. The camo will be at Sebrang, near Kenlngau. about 125 miles from here in the Interior Residency. Mr. B. R. Lowe. Superintendent. of Prisons, said here today that the
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  • 34 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan 10—Another 59 people have been deprived of their citizenship. according to the latest Government Gazette notification. Twenty-one of them are from Selangor and another 20 from Johore.
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  • 312 17 KUALA LUMPUR, J«k. 19 OABAH’S Yang diPertua Negara, Tun Mustapha bin D a t u Harun, flew in for two-day visit to the Federal capital today as the Sabah Alliance was heading towards another crisis. However, he emphatically denied that his visit
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  • 50 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Jan. 19 —A nurse who woke up yesterday to have her meal before resuming fasting, found her room at the nurses' hostel in Bungsar burgledChe Zainab binte Ismail. 20. lost a transistor radio worth $lOO, an alarm Clock worth $lO and three pens worth $2B.
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  • MALAYAN SHARE MARKET REVIEW
    • 541 18 THE disposal of devaluation fears for the time being following the Improved standing of sterling, and the comparative hush in political circles, which has prevailed during the week, Induced an easier trend into the Malayan Rubber Market, report H.C.B. Co. Ltd. in
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    • 1796 18 By Our Market Correspondent AS far as industrials were concerned on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia last week it was very difficult market and a period of stalemate was encountered. As a result of this turnover was at a low ebb throughout the holiday shortened week.
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    • 61 18 Mt Malayan Kachan** Ranh*' a*»oelation made these change* In It* Vloo> rn rcl,an yrterlay (all rate* Jelling TT or OO r tarty: D*ut»ch* >Urh« 12HJ; Holland Guilder* i T iV r ran i*- 1404: Franci r n *!y*L tn t *MI: Malian Lire u.ill' D o*,«* h Kroner
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    • 73 18 hihese Produo* Exchange, Sin--4 K*Pore noon prioos per picul yattarday: Coconut oil: hulk SB4 seller*, drum SB7 sellers. Copra: Jan./Feb. UK/Contlnent: unquoted. P*pp#r: Muntok White $1674 sellers Sarawak white slfls sellers. special Sarawak black $1574 sellers, garbled ,67 <N) sellers. AKTA $1774 (N) sellers. Singapore Copra Association noon
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    • 40 18 QN the frts sxohangs market In Hong T.*. 0 y*»l*rday the U.g. dellar was cash 6 l at 5-75 f r T T an<l 5,734 ,or Sterling was quoted at 15.93 and one tatl of gold at 255*.
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    • 98 18 The Commerce Department reports that U.S. exports achieved a new high for the flth consecutive year in 1964, rising to a total of U.S. $25,100 million. Exports last year, excluding military aid shipments, were 13 per cent above exports in the previous year, with three-fourths of
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    • 36 18 'FME Malayan Exchange Ranks' Asia. elation made these changes In Its lates to merchants on Saturday (all rates to $100): Selling TT or OD ready: Deutsche Marks 129; Swiss Franes 1401; Danish Kroner 224*.
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    • 43 18 Jan 19 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 22 Jan. 23 •Industrials: 78.95 78.71 78.75 79.06 79 49 107 80 107.84 107.55 107.93 109 29 S rubbers: 106.32 106.50 106.22 106.42 106 38 Dec. 30, 1963 100. Dec. 29. 1962 100.
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    • 79 18 Current Date Total for Total for Av**r iiitatn payable the year previous rear Asrer HiUm 15%t Mar. 12 40% 371% thenderiai.R 12|%t Mar. 3 12A% 3?!% iXTi.d 8?;;*. 4 ,,r 5 *oV os*.' 83.3%* Mar. 3 133 3% tßfi'lanjortK r.n 50%: Mar. 12 80% 70® Tronoh 17* %1
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    • 232 18 L'IBRUARY first grads rubber f.e.b. Btrjrsrs slsssd at 8 p.m. In tlnga. jars and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 71 cents per lb., up a quarter of a cent on Thursday's closing level tor the position. The tons was quiet. 1t.A.8. and F.M.R.K. elestng pries* In eents par lb.
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    • 28 18 JAN, 22. MALAYAN RUBBER PRICE: 71 cents (up a quarter of a cent). TIN: $613 75 (up $1,371). Unofficial estimated offerini? 245 tons (down 15 tons).
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  • 322 19 iPOh Jan. 21. The 1 police lorce should nevi >se sight of i their normal duties an( j onslbllities as policemen "no matter how h they may be eom'ii. M‘d to warding off future Indonesian SSrrE Malays olice In the latest Issue
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  • 100 19 PENANG, Jan. The Pelt nang Malay Patriotic Youth Organisation has decided to ask the Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul Rato consider early payment of allowances to the wives of Malaysian troops now serving in Sabah and Sarawak. This decision was taken following
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  • 144 19 PETTALING JAYA, Jan. 21. t Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, today JR- paid tribute to the Sisters and nuns of the Assunta Hospital here for their commendable work. He said that for a hospital run solely on charity it had done very
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  • 148 19 S’ PORE IMPORTERS ORDER 50,000lb FIRECRACKERS SINGAPORE. Jan. 21 •'.pore importdp,. have Placed or,hers or about 50,000 urecrackers for T inese New Year w 1 Raya Puasa Z earl y next by' .‘.l dl sc‘osed today tr Arrasa e 3« «sr,r,s of supplies. Mr. Cheung, who claims to be the
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  • 372 19 12 APPLICATIONS REFERRED TO STATES IPOH, Jen. 21 AT LEAST a dozen individuals and mining companies, I some of them 'foreign concerns, are keen to prospect for tin v the offshore regions of the west coast of Malaya, the Minister of Lands and
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  • 93 19 KUANTAN, Jan. 21. The District Officer here, Inche Mohamed Osman bin Mohamed Din, today called on the Malays to emulate the Chinese way of doing businesa* SL& Speaking to rural market staflholders in the District Operations Room, he said: Especially those from the rural
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  • 59 19 SINGAPORE, Jan. 21 The Commodore Superintendent of the Naval Base, Commodore R C* Paige, and the Commanding Officer of the Guided Missile Destroyer, H.M.S. Kent, based on Singapore, Captain A. M. Lewis, have been appointed Royal Naval aides-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth. These honorary appointments do not affect
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  • 24 19 SINGAPORE. Jan. 21—Mr. Tan Ah Chua has been appointed a member of the Public Utilities Board. He succeeds Mrs. Robert Eu. ,*0
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  • 393 19 jUALACOA, Jan. 21. ir kTN Resident of the Malacca Municipal Council. Inche Hasnul J n Abdul Hadl, said to<UKht that he was amazed to see huge military from Terendak aU ungel Udang camps m aWng use of the roads within the Municipality they
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  • 49 19 IPOH, Jan. 21—The Rev. Au Wing Ning, a graduate of the Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary. and former pastor of the historic Macao Baptist Church and ths Macao Baptist Middle School, has been appointed pastor of the Ipoh Baptist Church, director of religious education of
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  • 1020 20  -  4.- f j By EPSOM JEEP TPOil, Jan. 20.—Bukit Timah trainer Colin Tulloh and fhis stable jockey, Des Coleman, had a double victory here today. CL. i. DIV. 4-I4F. Norfolk Stable's <101 8PACE HERO 8 1 <000 —147) Mitchell 1 <ft) l a .JilUU 86 (460—161)
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  • 1011 20  -  By EPSOM JEEP JPOH, Jan. 24. The Sultan of Pahang’s Sri Sen yum won the main sprint over 6f here today. Race One CL. L OIV. 6F Madam 8. H. Yap s fit INI HAKI *.ll *s*l®—2ll) Smith 1 <3l Nearce Myth II 8.4 <1374—378)
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 89 20 BIG SWEEP in i total POOL: 188,250. lit. No. *****6 $81,848 2tod. No. *****0 $10,921 3rd. No. *****4 $6,460 v Starter* ($006 o*»b): Noa *****7, *****3, *****0. *****6. *****2, *****1, *****7. *****4, *****8 *****2." wars' r ContoUUtfn (|425 Meb); Noa 1973UZ. *****9, 1K5013. *****3. *****8. *****3, *****7. *****0, *****1. >
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